At 20 and with just 15 games of regular-season experience, it remains a stretch to call Miami Heat 2022 first-round pick Nikola Jovic large and in charge.
But at 240 pounds, up 20 from his arrival last year, there is a weightiness to the game of the 6-foot-11 neophyte that wasn’t in place a year ago.
To assistant coach Caron Butler, who is guiding the Heat’s summer roster, the tangible gain is evident in both physique and physicality.
